Improvement in cotton-cleaners



v A. J. LEE.

coTTomcLEANER.

Na.181,352, Patented Aug.22, 1876.

WITNESSES 2 NVEZTOB MPETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D C,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. A

AMOS J. LEE, OF LINEBURG, ALABAMA.

IM PR OVEMENT IN COTTCN-CLEANERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 181,352, dated August 22, 1876; application filed May 9, 1876.

time feeding it along from the end in which it is supplied to the end for discharging it, the same being a very efficient contrivance, which does not clog or twist the material; but the paddles generate a considerable amount of wind, which drives out all dust and dirt through the openings between the slats.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of my improved cotton-cleaner, taken on line or m, Fig. 2; and Fig. 2 is a transverse section on line 51 y of Fig. 1.

A represents the case of the cleaner; B, the bottom of longitudinal slats or grate-bars; C, the sides of vertical or inclined grate-bars; D, the shaft,.and E the paddles for beating the cotton and driving out the dust through the grate-bars.

The paddles E are concaved in front or upon their working faces, in order to gather and force the air through the cleaner with more efiect.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The cotton-cleaner case A, having bottom slats B and side slats O, in combination with revolving shaft D, having spirally-arranged paddles E, concaved on their working faces, as shown and described.

AMOS. J. LEE.

Witnesses A, J. PETERSON,

E. H. TALIAFERRO. 

